"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" - so go the opening lines of Edgar Allen Poe's famous and ominous poem, "The Raven."

Now, a fictionalized account of Poe's last days will be released on the big screen. In "The Raven," Poe (played by John Cusack) follows a serial killer whose murders are very similar to those described in his stories. The movie comes to theaters on April 27.